RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Fraudsters posing as the FBI recently scammed a Richmond resident out of $30,000 — but local authorities were able to get back every cent.
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced that it had successfully returned $30,000 to a Richmond resident who had been scammed in mid-July.
That Richmond resident picked up a call from a “1-800” number on Thursday, July 16. The caller, who said they were a representative of Citibank, claimed that an account had been opened in the victim’s name and that said account was used to buy “numerous firearms” in California…